page_title: Jeppe High School for Girls
section_title: Buildings and Facilities
hierarchical_section_title: Jeppe High School for Girls / Buildings and Facilities
caption_attribution_description: English: Jeppe Girls sports ground
context_page_description: Jeppe High School for Girls is a public English medium high school for girls situated in the suburb of Kensington in Johannesburg in the Gauteng province of South Africa, The school's address is 160 Roberts Ave, Kensington, Johannesburg, 2094, South Africa. The school boasted a 100% matric pass rate in 2014. It was once part of the oldest public school in Johannesburg, Jeppe High School for Boys until 1919, when a separate premises for the girls was built.
  The current headmistress of the school is Ms. Dina Gonçalves who has been working at Jeppe for 21 years, The brother school is Jeppe High School for Boys.
context_section_description: The school is built from red brick, unlike the boys' school which is made from stone, to save money due to the war. Due to the war and a flu outbreak, a ceremony was not held for the laying of the foundation. The east wing was built up to a third story due to an increasing number of enrolments. In 1956, the far east wing was completed which included science laboratories and an art room. Prefab classrooms were used during the enlargement of the hall and no Flower Show was held that year due to construction in the hall. When the hall was completed in 1959, a Japanese Maple floor was added along with gold velvet curtains. 
  The west quad includes two prefabs used for the Housecraft Centre.
  The locker system was started in 1999 and followed the instalment of payphones and longer tuck-shop hours.
  Jeppe Girls' facilities include a media centre, with a library which holds about 2000 books, computer centre, and music centre.
  The sports facilities are located on the lower grounds across the road from the school.
  
  These include: 6 tennis courts, 5 netball courts, 2 hockey/soccer fields, a cricket pitch and 2 volleyball courts. 
  
  A new building was completed in 1987 to accommodate the growing number of pupils at the school and includes an extra 3 science laboratories. The new building is located behind the main building of the school.
  Hostel
  The Ross Arden Hostel was established in 1921 in Somerset Road with Miss Edwards as the Housemistress and assisted by Miss Smallman. The hostel could accommodate 33 girls when it was extended with a new wing in 1927. It moved to Roberts Avenue in 1933. When the hostel celebrated 20 years since its establishment, weekly boarders would be taken from 1942. The school made a donation to the Hope Home when the weekly boarders settled in. The hostel changed to strictly weekly boarders and no full-time boarders in 1945. Ross Arden Hostel closed in 1946 after 25 years when Miss Edwards decided to retire. The hostel was originally a temporary measure until two boarding houses were built on the lower sports grounds by the Education Department but these plans never materialised.
caption: The bottom field on the lower grounds, on which the cricket pitch is situated
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